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GOVENDE - a game of wordplay, puns, leaps of thought and trivia - GAME 3

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Juliet27 Sun 30-Jul-23 00:39:31

Continued from Game 2

What is belong

It’s when as a child you said you were just going out to play and your mother said ‘don’t be long, dinner’s nearly ready’

BlueBelle Thu 17-Aug-23 23:17:53

Walking is when the king of the realm goes to war and everyone says he was a good war king
Whats Realm

biglouis Thu 17-Aug-23 22:53:43

Its a way of walking without taking your feet off the ground. People use it to get rid of "this mortal coil" which is the troubles of daily life.

What is walking?

Retread Thu 17-Aug-23 16:28:11

Shorthand is when you are playing 13 Card Rummy and you find that you have only been dealt 12 cards to start off and you call for everyone to return their cards to the dealer to shuffle again and redeal.

What is shuffle?

biglouis Wed 16-Aug-23 11:55:06

This is a shorthand way of saying "three witches" as in the MacBeth play.

What is shorthand?

Wenmore Tue 15-Aug-23 21:55:47

A romantic is an oarsman with a twitch.

What's a twitch?

Retread Tue 15-Aug-23 21:52:46

A player - or playa - is a famous hip hop artist that has many girlfriends because they consider his music to be romantic.

What is romantic?

Wenmore Tue 15-Aug-23 17:27:52

Disc over ed is when you are bopping along with a record on a record player, getting a tad overenthusiastic you fall on the record player causing the disc to go over your head

What's a player?

Juliet27 Tue 15-Aug-23 16:13:21

So….pro found is being discovered by a professional trained dog when lost on Dartmoor.

thats a bit better 🤭

What is discovered?

Juliet27 Tue 15-Aug-23 16:08:55

Ignore that….pro is not pre ! That’s what waking from an afternoon nap does for me! 🤷‍♂️

Juliet27 Tue 15-Aug-23 16:06:14

Pro found is the situation you were in when lost on Dartmoor before the rescue dog discovered you.

What is discovered?

Retread Tue 15-Aug-23 14:17:44

Written (write in) is when you transfer your deep and profound insights into e.g. a diary or journal.

What is profound?

henetha Tue 15-Aug-23 10:41:21

Triaged means you are over thirty. Often written as tri-aged.
I'm octo-aged.

What is written?

biglouis Tue 15-Aug-23 10:38:06

First means earliest, as in "first aid" unless you currently visit A&E when you may be triaged to receive "last aid".

What is triaged?

Wenmore Tue 15-Aug-23 09:56:13

Hooray is Henry's first name.

What is first?

Juliet27 Tue 15-Aug-23 08:02:39

Hips. Two of them precede the word Hooray

What is Hooray

NanKate Tue 15-Aug-23 07:45:52

Widespread is what my hips are at present, but I’m working on it.

What are hips ?

Retread Tue 15-Aug-23 06:52:48

Corruption is an eruption of dishonesty and unfortunately it is widespread.

What is widespread?

biglouis Mon 14-Aug-23 15:54:30

Nauseous is how I feel when I consider the corruption of our current politicos.

What is corruption?

henetha Mon 14-Aug-23 10:53:30

A rocker is a kind of chair that rocks back and forth. They are great, except if you rock too much it makes you feel nauseous.

What is nauseous?

Juliet27 Mon 14-Aug-23 01:40:01

What’s a modern…..well in the mod and rocker days of the 60s pay was low so a mod earn amount would only be about £12pw

What’s a rocker?

BlueBelle Sun 13-Aug-23 22:35:41

Anagram is an old fashioned gramophone that belongs to Anna , bless her, she never did like modern things
What’s modern?

Wenmore Sun 13-Aug-23 22:05:57

Returning to
What is extra?

Extra is an anagram of Artex.

What is an anagram?

henetha Sun 13-Aug-23 10:31:26

Wrong page maybe?

JayDee60 Sun 13-Aug-23 10:28:06

A skirt is a ladies garment and cones in many lengths or in engineering a skirt is the inflatable part of a hovercraft.

What is a length?

henetha Sun 13-Aug-23 10:23:15

Extricate is a spelling mistake. It should read Extra Cake, which is what we all want.

What is extra?